Traditional Bowhunters of Ca. Chamberlin Ranch 3-D shoot 2012.

mtnfolk mike

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hey folks.. hows it going.. heres some pics from The Chamberlin Ranch 3-d shoot, we went to this past weekend.. it's put on by The Traditional Bowhunters of Ca..
this shoot is a lot of fun.. we have been going to it for many years now, and always have a blast.. we have friends/archers from all over Ca. that we meet up with at this shoot..

anyhow, heres some pics.. we were supposed to leave last thursday afternoon, but ended up getting dumped on by a gnarly storm that rolled through, and held off and wound up leaving early friday a.m.. this shoot is held every year on a big ranch outside of Santa Barbara Ca. which is a little over 4 hours south of us..

this was a cool shot, we ran into quite about of rain the whole way there and it cleared up just in time, right as we rolled into the area..there was so much rain the few days before, folks couldn't drive into the property and were parked at the gate.. we ended up 4 wheeling in.. that was fun..


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the property this shoot is held on is gorgeous, especially this time of year..

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our shooting crew, minus the misses and our friend Katherine.

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me drinking some coffee.

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the little dude shot really well, but didn't bring home a trophy this year..

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i love this place.

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my old ML camp knife prepping dinner..

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the final result.. some chicken tacos..

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heres a cool little knapped knife/tool, that my younger son picked up from primitive technician Joe DaBill.. it's got a yew handle..

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more to come.. please stand by..
 
heres some more..

the biggest bummer about taking all of the pics, is that i am rarely in them.. heres a pic of me shooting that some one took..

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our older son, brought home a 1st place trophy in the youth longbow division..

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the misses shot really well as usual..

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our good friends Nick(stingray45) and Katherine..

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we did a little bow drill practice one day.. our friend Christian(CBryant) started the fire one night with it..

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i carried my Brian Andrews Terrasaur all weekend.. i loooove this knife..

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all packed up and ready to head back home..

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thanks for looking..

Mike and family.. :)
 
Awesome Pics Mike!!! Heard it was a great time this year with ALL types of weather. I'da been there, but had an NRA Dinner to put on. I'll be at the Cupertino and Pacifica shoots this weekend though. Maybe we can finally catch up with each other at Western States!!! Tell your son CONGRAT's for me!!!!!

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I'll toss in a few of my pics. I half the time I forgot I had the camera so I didn't take too many this year.

The muddy pit of a road after all the rain. This was Thursday before the storm hit again. Note my tent set up just off the road. That was as far as I could make it in my truck.
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A little fun with a far off target. The course was down the hill and the shooting position for the Bison was at the base of the hill, but you know... while we were at the top.... why not let a few loose just for fun. Archers top of hill, Bison bottom right.
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great pics Christian.. that was a lot of fun, shooting from the hill top..

it was a an awesome weekend..
 
On the plus side it looks like an area that I often breakfast in. The downside is you have just reminded me that another year has passed. It still looks like fun.
 
right on guys.. thanks for the kind words.. it was indeed a great shoot.. we look forward to it every year..:)
 
Great stuff Mike and C Bryant! :thumbup::thumbup: Beautiful place to chill out, camp, and shoot in. Great pictures guys!

Nick has really leaned down! Wow!
 
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